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EP 0 123 239 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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25.11.1987 Bulletin 1987/48 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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31.10.1984 Bulletin 1984/44 |
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Date of filing: 14.04.1984 |
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AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
14.04.1983 GB 8310140
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Applicant: THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION LIMITED |
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Inventors: |
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- Latter, Victoria Susan
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- Hudson, Alan Thomas
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- Richards, William Henry George
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- Randall, Anthony Winchester
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Improvements in or relating to antiprotozoal agents |
(57) Novel combinations of an antiprotozoal naphthoquinone and a 4-pyridinol or an alkanoic
ester thereof wherein the antiprotozoal activity of the combination is potentiated
with respectto the corresponding activity of the components ofthe combination. The
combinations are especially useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of malaria.